Question

what does "as much as" means in maths' word problems?

Such as, Father weighed 5 times as much as his child.

Please no desultory responses.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us understand with concept.

You have a family. Of course in a family, father/ mother is heavier than the children.

Coming back to question :-

"Father weighed 5 times as much as his child."

Now, father cannot be equal to the weight of child, father is 5 times heavier than the child.

So,  the equation is :-

Father's weight = 5 * child's weight

5 times the child's weight equated with father's weight, as father is heavier than child.

"As much as" means one object being equal to another, means you need to add "=" sign in the equation at that particular moment.

Let us take another example :-

Alice's age is 9 times as much as her daughter Kay.

That means :-

Since Alice is Kay's mother, she is of course elder than her child. Alice can't be smaller than her daughter.

Alice's age = 9* Kay's age.

9 times equated with Kay's age which makes it equal to Alice's age.

Answer 2

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• What does "as much as" means in maths' word problems ?

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• The phrase "as much as" in the word problem of maths used to represent the following things :

1. The amount is equal in Quantity or Degree .
2. The amount is more than in Quantity or Degree.

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀$\bf{\large{\underline{\underline {(1)}}}}\:\:$

⠀⠀⠀⠀The phrase "as much as" is used to represent the one amount is equal ( or same ) to the second amount Quantity or Degree .

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Example :

• Vikram had done as much as work Lily has done .

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀The above Example shows that both Vikram & Lily had done same work ( or the work done by Vikram is equal to the work of Lily ) .

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Mathematical Expression for example :

• Work done by Lily = Work done by Vikram

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⠀⠀⠀⠀$\bf{\large{\underline{\underline {(2)}}}}\:\:$

⠀⠀⠀⠀The Phrase phrase "as much as" is used to represent the one amount is greater than ( or more than ) the second amount Quantity or Degree .

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Example :

⠀⠀⠀⠀As , We have given with the Example :

• Father weighed 5 times as much as his child .

⠀⠀⠀⠀The above example shows that the weight of father is 5 times the weight of son ( or the Weight of Father is 5 times more than the Weight of son )

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Mathematical expression for Example :

• Weight of Father = 5 × Weight of Son .

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